Live coverage of the Oireachtas banking inquiry

The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry are holding their first public meetings today as part of the inquiry context phase are meeting with Finnish academic and finance expert Peter Nyberg.

Live proceedings can be followed here with the public session due to end at 1pm today.

Credit: Oireachtas Webcasting and IPTV is provided by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service, in association with HEAnet, Ireland's National Educational and Research Network.

Tomorrow, Rob Wright, the former Canadian Secretary General of Finance author of the report Strengthening the Capacity of the Department of Finance, will appear before the Committee.

Background: 

The Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis, colloquially known as the Banking Inquiry, is a joint committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas. It was formally established in November 2014 under the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013.

The purpose of the Inquiry is to inquire into the reasons Ireland experienced a systemic banking crisis, including the political, economic, social, cultural, financial and behavioural factors and policies which impacted on or contributed to the crisis and the preventative reforms implemented in the wake of the crisis.